The Dynamics of Daily Events and Well-Being Across Cultures: When Less Is More

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 685-698

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Diener, Ed ^b   Choi, Dong Won ^c   Kim Prieto, Chu ^d   Choi, Incheol ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

culture; daily events; well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; JAPAN; KOREA; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JAPAN; KOREA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35449000509     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.93.4.685     Document Type: Article

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